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I bought my 65 Impala Wagon in 1972. With much help from a friend, we put in a 327, 250 hp, Power glide and 3300 stall conv, 4.88 rear and drove it to the NHRA Nationals in Indy. The speedo didn't work and we kept the tach at 4000 from Pgh to Indy. We won 1st round of class and lost in the...

This delay in awarding 1st place to Wendell Scott is shown in a movie about his racing career starring Richard Prior called "Greased Lightning". In the movie, he was not awarded the trophy until all had left the track. It's both an interesting and fun movie to watch. Jim

Northwind I raced against the NORTHWIND 409 at the old Eldora Dragway, Fairmont, W. Va. It was an NHRA open meet in 1966 when they ran for class trophies and only the class winners came back for the eliminator. I ran an I/S '56 Chevy that I drove from Pgh. Needless to say, I was a first...

Henry You should be able to do 12's quite easily in your 55 with what you plan to do with your 283. An NHRA M or N Stocker can do this with a .399 stock lift cam and hydraulics with the original roch 4gc and power pack heads. A good 3 angle valve job with 115 lb valve springs should...

Doc......The 3844459 manifold is from the 1964-65 300 hp 327 with an AFB. It had a micarta spacer about 1/4" thick with various gaskets, not an adapter. The manifold originated in 1962 under another casting #. The major difference in 1962 was the distributor got it vacuun from a hollow...

It should be noted that a Roch 7026202 is a Quadrajet, not a 4 GC.

Gus.........I have had good results in using the Southside Machine Bars in my 65 Impala wagon with 3 degrees downward angle on the pinion using adjustable upper control arms. I tried air bags but had violent wheel hop. It has gone 1.79 60' at 13.36 leaving at 7000 on the chip(283/220 Jerico...